Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Matt Chow
Jason says: “I see a fair number of movies from Hong Kong – just about every one that plays local theaters or the festivals I attend – but I’ve still somehow managed to miss almost the entire career of Sandra
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Carlos Marques-Marquet
Starring: David Verdaguer | Natalia Tena
Kyle says: “10,000 KM is a film I do not want to belittle with faint praise, especially since there are so few titles out there worth seeing at all. So I apologize in advance if I write that this is
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Rating: 3.25
Director: Bent Hamer
Bruce says: “Bent Hamer specializes in stories about those who don’t fit into society in any conventional sense. He first came under my radar with KITCHEN STORIES; then followed O’HORTEN and HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. 1001 GRAMS is a slight departure
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Masaharu Take
Jason says: “Sakura Ando wears some baggy clothes toward the start of 100 YEN LOVE, because she’s actually fairly attractive but this is a character who needs to burn off her frustrating slacker exterior, and that’s how it’s going to
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jordan Rubin
Starring: Chad Anderson | Cortney Palm | Hutch Dano | Jake Weary | Lexi Atkins | Peter Gilroy | Rachel Melvin
Jason says: “ZOMBEAVERS gives the audience what they want from a movie with that title, pretty much the way they want it, and that way involves puppets. Puppets and blood. “Director Jordan Rubin and co-writers Al & Jon Kaplan are
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Rating: 4.4
Director: Terry Gilliam
Jason says: “I wonder if writer Pat Rushin ever thought something along the lines of ‘this script is so screwed if we don’t get Terry Gilliam’ when writing THE ZERO THEOREM. There are other directors who would dive into the
Read the review...Yasmine (Brunei Darussalam; 105 min.) directed by: Chan Man Ching and Siti Kamaluddin starring: Liyana Yus; Resa Rahadian; Aryl Falak; Mentari De Marelle; Roy Sungkono; Nadiah Wahid; Agus Kunc Jason says: “A lot of what audiences see in YASMINE will
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Tom Shoval
Starring: David Cunio | Eitan Cunio | Gita Amely | Moshe Ivgy | Shirli Deshe
Kyle says: “YOUTH is the feature film debut of writer and director Tom Shoval. The fact of its co-production between Israel and Germany is attention grabbing. The title is a statement of age and experience, as well as a reference
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Jason says: “RUBBER was surreal. WRONG was bizarre. Spinoff WRONG COPS is peculiar. At this rate, Quentin Dupieux is only a few films away from doing something eccentric but basically sensible. Fortunately, he’s not there yet, and the plentiful gags he
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Starring: Ai Hashimoto | Asuka Kurosawa | Fumi Nikaido | Koji Yakusho | Nana Komatsu | Satoshi Tsumabuki
Jason says: “The latest from Tetsuya Nakashima is not quite so sublime as his mid-aughts peak (KAMIKAZE GIRLS and MEMORIES OF MATSUKO is a heck of a one-two punch), and it kind of stretches out too long, padded by some
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